Dilbert Stole a Ziggy (I Mean, a Barney)!
If you're a fan of
Seinfeld (or former fan, after Michael Richards'
Tourette's-like outburst), you'll remember the episode where Elaine got
a cartoon published in the
New Yorker. Unfortunately for her, the idea
was lifted subconsciously from a Ziggy.
Well, Scott Adams of Dilbert fame did the very same thing to yours truly.
My October 2006 Redmond column was entitled "Bill for President."
In late November, Adams had the exact same brilliant idea which he wrote
up with great fanfare on his blog.
Now, media all over the world are jumping on this bandwagon, and giving Adams
all the credit. Hey, aren't he and his awful cartoon famous enough already?
The wheels really started to turn when Paul McNamara, a former employee of
mine at Network World, picked
up on the Adams post.
Then Slashdot, which was offered my column for its readers to make fun of,
promoted
the "Adams" idea.
Now, I'm calling on loyal Redmond readers from across the globe
to right this grievous wrong. Let these bloggers, pundits and hack cartoonists
know where the idea really came from -- a hack blogger and pundit from Redmond
magazine!
For the real story, go
to a source you can really trust.
Posted by Doug Barney on 12/05/2006 at 1:15 PM